I started the main story quest and next thing you know, I'm level 3 and I've already made my way up to the Throat of the World and doing dragon shout training or something. I was getting one hit by the Frozen Troll or something. I'm not sure what I was doing wrong. I have never played any of the other TES games. I might be leveling my character incorrectly or building him incorrectly, not sure. Is there a prefered way to do the quest or a specific order? Am I supposed to do all side quests in an area before going on the main quest? Are all the side quests in Riverwood (beginning area) low level?

I'm also not sure what to build my character as. I want to have Daedric Armor and weapons AND use magic but I also like the assassin's play style. If anyone can give me guides/builds on these two topics, it'd be great. If you guys need clarification on anything, just ask!

All you need to do then is to find the console commands for creating Deadaric Armor and Weapons on the net and then do a Player.additem whatever how many. They are in the wiki so you can just print them off.

I think he must have meant High Rothgar and I do not even think you can get there without cheating at level 3. Even on Novice. The Shout is for throat of the world is after the Thailmore Embassy and they would kill you in a few moments at level 3.

It sounds like your rushing the game, already at the throat of the world at level 3? Skyrim isn't just about the main quest, its meant for you to stray from the main quest. Go explore, explore tombs, do quests other then the main one. When you're a higher level then you can kill that frost troll. Dont just spawn stuff with the additem command, that just takes all the fun out of the game. Im level 15 and haven't even gotten to the greybeards yet. Busy exploring.

As already mentioned,you will need to invest a good amount of time into hard perfectioning your character as you see fit,and up to a certain point level scaling will make things acceptable difficulty wise to you,and things will really hit up after you have leveled high enough.

I would not recommend attempting any of the game's main quest mor complex quests below level 15 at the minimum.

Alright, I spent an hour replaying it. I'm currently level mid of level 2, and I have the quest Speak to the Jarl of Whiterun. I also picked up a side quest in the Riverwood trader: Pick up the golden claw or something. I think I'm going to do the main quest and whenever I explore or come to a new area, I'll pick up all the side quests there.

you can barely beat a frost troll at lvl 15, you should level up more: explore, do enchantment, alchemy, forge weapons and armor, finish side quests etc.

early on try some kind of light armor (if you don't get any in quests kill few wolves and foxes and make yourself a leather armor- it's very good) rather than heavy cause you'll be running a lot (trust me), except if you are nord or redguard (then do some heavy close battle), but I would heavily recommend khajiit for new players (giant cats, can't miss them) because of their claw attacks

don't forget to use magic and potions,run away from enemies and hit them with ranged if they are strong